Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lose one's marbles

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: lose one's -mar-bles
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of lose one's mind (“to become crazy”).

Example Sentences

"1981 April 13, New York magazine, vol. 14, no. 15, There it was again, the suggestion that the governor had lost his marbles. And, to be truthful, Breslin is a bit late on the loony angle."
"If my golfing friends would see me now, they'd crap in their pants laughing at me. They'd say that poor jerk had lost his marbles."
"Jimi's obsession with his guitar garnered him a nickname around Clarksville: Marbles. He was so named because people thought he had "lost his marbles" and was crazy as a result of his excessive practicing."
"On the substance of Smith’s grumble – that Microsoft’s remedies for the cloud part of the gaming market were sufficient – opinion obviously differs, but the CMA hasn’t lost its marbles."

Inflected Forms

loses one's marbles (present, singular) losing one's marbles (participle, present) lost one's marbles (participle, past) lost one's marbles (past)

Synonyms

lose one's mind

Questions

What does lose one's marbles mean?: Synonym of lose one's mind (“to become crazy”).

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